1994 Pinnacle

Description

1994 Pinnacle was a 540 card, dual series set featuring 270 cards in each series. Building off the success from the first two years, Pinnacle Brands, Inc. continued the release its "premium", flagship product that was known for its excellent photography and gold foil accenting on base cards (which was becoming more common for brand quality distinction at the time). New for this year, each base card featured a borderless color photo with a gold foil nameplate and Pinnacle logo plate. Cards came in tamper resistant foil packs made from a combination of polyester, polyethylene and metallized polypropylene. Additionally, the unique anti-counterfeit bar codes were again featured on the back.

There were 2 subsets:

• Rookie Prospects
• Draft Picks

There were no notable Rookie Cards in this set.

Distribution

Hobby: 36 packs per box, 14 cards per pack

Retail: 36 packs per box, 14 cards per pack

SuperPack: 24 packs per box, 17 cards per pack

Insertion Ratios

Cards	Total Cards	Numbered To	Hobby Odds	Retail Odds	Superpack Odds
Base	540	-	?	?	?
Museum Collection	540	6500	1:4	1:3	1:4
Artist's Proof	540	1000	1:26	1:22	N/A
Rookie Team Pinnacle	9	-	1:90	1:72	N/A
Tribute	18	-	1:18	N/A	N/A
Team Pinnacle	9	-	1:90	1:90	N/A
Run Creators	44	-	N/A	N/A	1:4
Super Rookie	1	-	1:360	1:360	?

Checklist

Promos

Sealed in a cello pack, these 10- or 11-card sets were issued to preview the new design of the 1994 Pinnacle baseball set. Both sides of each cards had "SAMPLE" printed diagonally across them. Retail promo packs featured 10 cards and a "Retail Edition" title card, whereas Hobby promo packs featured 11 cards (including a Paul Molitor) and a "Hobby Edition" title card.

A two-card sample strip consisting of John Olerud and Moises Alou cards were also issued, separately.

• 2 Carlos Baerga
• 3 Sammy Sosa
• 5 John Olerud
• 7 Moises Alou
• 8 Steve Avery
• 10 Cecil Fielder
• 11 Greg Maddux
• 269 Jeff Granger
• NNO Jeff Granger Museum Collection
• TR1 Paul Molitor TRIBUTE
• NNO Title card Retail Edition Pinnacle ad
• NNO Title card Hobby Edition Pinnacle ad

Base Set

Series One

• 1 Frank Thomas
• 2 Carlos Baerga
• 3 Sammy Sosa
• 4 Tony Gwynn
• 5 John Olerud
• 6 Ryne Sandberg
• 7 Moises Alou
• 8 Steve Avery
• 9 Tim Salmon
• 10 Cecil Fielder
• 11 Greg Maddux
• 12 Barry Larkin
• 13 Mike Devereaux
• 14 Charlie Hayes
• 15 Albert Belle
• 16 Andy Van Slyke
• 17 Mo Vaughn
• 18 Brian McRae
• 19 Cal Eldred
• 20 Craig Biggio
• 21 Kirby Puckett
• 22 Derek Bell
• 23 Don Mattingly
• 24 John Burkett
• 25 Roger Clemens
• 26 Barry Bonds
• 27 Paul Molitor
• 28 Mike Piazza
• 29 Robin Ventura
• 30 Jeff Conine
• 31 Wade Boggs
• 32 Dennis Eckersley
• 33 Bobby Bonilla
• 34 Lenny Dykstra
• 35 Manny Alexander
• 36 Ray Lankford
• 37 Greg Vaughn
• 38 Chuck Finley
• 39 Todd Benzinger
• 40 Dave Justice
• 41 Rob Dibble
• 42 Tom Henke
• 43 David Nied
• 44 Sandy Alomar, Jr.
• 45 Pete Harnisch
• 46 Jeff Russell
• 47 Terry Mulholland
• 48 Kevin Appier
• 49 Randy Tomlin
• 50 Cal Ripken, Jr.
• 51 Andy Benes
• 52 Jimmy Key
• 53 Kirt Manwaring
• 54 Kevin Tapani
• 55 Jose Guzman
• 56 Todd Stottlemyre
• 57 Jack McDowell
• 58 Orel Hershiser
• 59 Chris Hammond
• 60 Chris Nabholz
• 61 Ruben Sierra
• 62 Dwight Gooden
• 63 John Kruk
• 64 Omar Vizquel
• 65 Tim Naehring
• 66 Dwight Smith
• 67 Mickey Tettleton
• 68 J.T. Snow
• 69 Greg McMichael
• 70 Kevin Mitchell
• 71 Kevin Brown
• 72 Scott Cooper
• 73 Jim Thome
• 74 Joe Girardi
• 75 Eric Anthony
• 76 Orlando Merced
• 77 Felix Jose
• 78 Tommy Greene
• 79 Bernard Gilkey
• 80 Phil Plantier
• 81 Danny Tartabull
• 82 Trevor Wilson
• 83 Chuck Knoblauch
• 84 Rick Wilkins
• 85 Devon White
• 86 Lance Johnson
• 87 Eric Karros
• 88 Gary Sheffield
• 89 Wilfredo Cordero
• 90 Ron Darling
• 91 Darren Daulton
• 92 Joe Orsulak
• 93 Steve Cooke
• 94 Darryl Hamilton
• 95 Aaron Sele
• 96 John Doherty
• 97 Gary DiSarcina
• 98 Jeff Blauser
• 99 John Smiley
• 100 Ken Griffey, Jr.
• 101 Dean Palmer
• 102 Felix Fermin
• 103 Jerald Clark
• 104 Doug Drabek
• 105 Curt Schilling
• 106 Jeff Montgomery
• 107 Rene Arocha
• 108 Carlos Garcia
• 109 Wally Whitehurst
• 110 Jim Abbott
• 111 Royce Clayton
• 112 Chris Hoiles
• 113 Mike Morgan
• 114 Joe Magrane
• 115 Tom Candiotti
• 116 Ron Karkovice
• 117 Ryan Bowen
• 118 Rod Beck
• 119 John Wetteland
• 120 Terry Steinbach
• 121 Dave Hollins
• 122 Jeff Kent
• 123 Ricky Bones
• 124 Brian Jordan
• 125 Chad Kreuter
• 126 John Valentin
• 127 Hilly Hathaway
• 128 Wilson Alvarez
• 129 Tino Martinez
• 130 Rodney Bolton
• 131 David Segui
• 132 Wayne Kirby
• 133 Eric Young
• 134 Scott Servais
• 135 Scott Radinsky
• 136 Bret Barberie
• 137 John Roper
• 138 Ricky Gutierrez
• 139 Bernie Williams
• 140 Bud Black
• 141 Jose Vizcaino
• 142 Gerald Williams
• 143 Duane Ward
• 144 Danny Jackson
• 145 Allen Watson
• 146 Scott Fletcher
• 147 Delino DeShields
• 148 Shane Mack
• 149 Jim Eisenreich
• 150 Troy Neel
• 151 Jay Bell
• 152 B.J. Surhoff
• 153 Mark Whiten
• 154 Mike Henneman
• 155 Todd Hundley
• 156 Greg Myers
• 157 Ryan Klesko
• 158 Dave Fleming
• 159 Mickey Morandini
• 160 Blas Minor
• 161 Reggie Jefferson
• 162 David Hulse
• 163 Greg Swindell
• 164 Roberto Hernandez
• 165 Brady Anderson
• 166 Jack Armstrong
• 167 Phil Clark
• 168 Melido Perez
• 169 Darren Lewis
• 170 Sam Horn
• 171 Mike Harkey
• 172 Juan Guzman
• 173 Bob Natal
• 174 Deion Sanders
• 175 Carlos Quintana
• 176 Mel Rojas
• 177 Willie Banks
• 178 Ben Rivera
• 179 Kenny Lofton
• 180 Leo Gomez
• 181 Roberto Mejia
• 182 Mike Perez
• 183 Travis Fryman
• 184 Ben McDonald
• 185 Steve Frey
• 186 Kevin Young
• 187 Dave Magadan
• 188 Bobby Munoz
• 189 Pat Rapp
• 190 Jose Offerman
• 191 Vinny Castilla
• 192 Ivan Calderon
• 193 Ken Caminiti
• 194 Benji Gil
• 195 Chuck Carr
• 196 Derrick May
• 197 Pat Kelly
• 198 Jeff Brantley
• 199 Jose Lind
• 200 Steve Buechele
• 201 Wes Chamberlain
• 202 Eduardo Perez
• 203 Bret Saberhagen
• 204 Gregg Jefferies
• 205 Darrin Fletcher
• 206 Kent Hrbek
• 207 Kim Batiste
• 208 Jeff King
• 209 Donovan Osborne
• 210 Dave Nilsson
• 211 Al Martin
• 212 Mike Moore
• 213 Sterling Hitchcock
• 214 Geronimo Pena
• 215 Kevin Higgins
• 216 Norm Charlton
• 217 Don Slaught
• 218 Mitch Williams
• 219 Derek Lilliquist
• 220 Armando Reynoso
• 221 Kenny Rogers
• 222 Doug Jones
• 223 Luis Aquino

Rookie Prospects

• 224 Mike Oquist PROS
• 225 Darryl Scott PROS
• 226 Kurt Abbott PROS RC
• 227 Andy Tomberlin PROS
• 228 Norberto Martin PROS
• 229 Pedro Castellano PROS
• 230 Curtis Pride PROS RC
• 231 Jeff McNeely PROS
• 232 Scott Lydy PROS
• 233 Darren Oliver PROS RC
• 234 Danny Bautista PROS
• 235 Butch Huskey PROS
• 236 Chipper Jones PROS
• 237 Eddie Zambrano PROS RC
• 238 Domingo Jean PROS
• 239 Javy Lopez PROS
• 240 Nigel Wilson PROS
• 241 Drew Denson PROS
• 242 Raul Mondesi PROS
• 243 Luis Ortiz PROS
• 244 Manny Ramirez PROS
• 245 Greg Blosser PROS
• 246 Rondell White PROS
• 247 Steve Karsay PROS
• 248 Scott Stahoviak PROS
• 249 Jose Valentin PROS
• 250 Marc Newfield PROS
• 251 Keith Kessinger PROS
• 252 Carl Everett PROS
• 253 John O'Donoghue PROS
• 254 Turk Wendell PROS
• 255 Scott Ruffcorn PROS
• 256 Tony Tarasco PROS
• 257 Andy Cook PROS
• 258 Matt Mieske PROS
• 259 Luis Lopez PROS
• 260 Ramon Caraballo PROS
• 261 Salomon Torres PROS

Draft Picks

• 262 Brooks Kieschnick DP RC
• 263 Daron Kirkreit DP
• 264 Billy Wagner DP RC
• 265 Matt Drews DP RC*
• 266 Scott Christman DP RC*
• 267 Torii Hunter DP RC
• 268 Jamey Wright DP RC
• 269 Jeff Granger DP
• 270 Trot Nixon DP RC

Series Two

• 271 Randy Myers
• 272 Trevor Hoffman
• 273 Bob Wickman
• 274 Willie McGee
• 275 Hipolito Pichardo
• 276 Bobby Witt
• 277 Gregg Olson
• 278 Randy Johnson
• 279 Robb Nen
• 280 Paul O'Neill
• 281 Lou Whitaker
• 282 Chad Curtis
• 283 Doug Henry
• 284 Tom Glavine
• 285 Mike Greenwell
• 286 Roberto Kelly
• 287 Roberto Alomar
• 288 Charlie Hough
• 289 Alex Fernandez
• 290 Jeff Bagwell
• 291 Wally Joyner
• 292 Andujar Cedeno
• 293 Rick Aguilera
• 294 Darryl Strawberry
• 295 Mike Mussina
• 296 Jeff Gardner
• 297 Chris Gwynn
• 298 Matt Williams
• 299 Brent Gates
• 300 Mark McGwire
• 301 Jim Deshaies
• 302 Edgar Martinez
• 303 Danny Darwin
• 304 Pat Meares
• 305 Benito Santiago
• 306 Jose Canseco
• 307 Jim Gott
• 308 Paul Sorrento
• 309 Scott Kamieniecki
• 310 Larry Walker
• 311 Mark Langston
• 312 John Jaha
• 313 Stan Javier
• 314 Hal Morris
• 315 Robby Thompson
• 316 Pat Hentgen
• 317 Tom Gordon
• 318 Joey Cora
• 319 Luis Alicea
• 320 Andre Dawson
• 321 Darryl Kile
• 322 Jose Rijo
• 323 Luis Gonzalez
• 324 Billy Ashley
• 325 David Cone
• 326 Bill Swift
• 327 Phil Hiatt
• 328 Craig Paquette
• 329 Bob Welch
• 330 Tony Phillips
• 331 Archi Cianfrocco
• 332 Dave Winfield
• 333 David McCarty
• 334 Al Leiter
• 335 Tom Browning
• 336 Mark Grace
• 337 Jose Mesa
• 338 Mike Stanley
• 339 Roger McDowell
• 340 Damion Easley
• 341 Angel Miranda
• 342 John Smoltz
• 343 Jay Buhner
• 344 Bryan Harvey
• 345 Joe Carter
• 346 Dante Bichette
• 347 Jason Bere
• 348 Frank Viola
• 349 Ivan Rodriguez
• 350 Juan Gonzalez
• 351 Steve Finley
• 352 Mike Felder
• 353 Ramon Martinez
• 354 Greg Gagne
• 355 Ken Hill
• 356 Pedro Munoz
• 357 Todd Van Poppel
• 358 Marquis Grissom
• 359 Milt Cuyler
• 360 Reggie Sanders
• 361 Scott Erickson
• 362 Billy Hatcher
• 363 Gene Harris
• 364 Rene Gonzales
• 365 Kevin Rogers
• 366 Eric Plunk
• 367 Todd Zeile
• 368 John Franco
• 369 Brett Butler
• 370 Bill Spiers
• 371 Terry Pendleton
• 372 Chris Bosio
• 373 Orestes Destrade
• 374 Dave Stewart
• 375 Darren Holmes
• 376 Doug Strange
• 377 Brian Turang RC
• 378 Carl Wills
• 379 Mark McLemore
• 380 Bobby Jones
• 381 Scott Sanders
• 382 Kirk Rueter
• 383 Randy Velarde
• 384 Fred McGriff
• 385 Charles Nagy
• 386 Rich Amaral
• 387 Geronimo Berroa
• 388 Eric Davis
• 389 Ozzie Smith
• 390 Alex Arias
• 391 Brad Ausmus
• 392 Cliff Floyd PROS
• 393 Roger Salkeld PROS
• 394 Jim Edmonds PROS
• 395 Jeromy Burnitz
• 396 Dave Staton
• 397 Rob Butler PROS
• 398 Marcos Armas
• 399 Darrell Whitmore
• 400 Ryan Thompson PROS
• 401 Ross Powell RC
• 402 Joe Oliver
• 403 Paul Carey PROS
• 404 Bob Hamelin PROS
• 405 Chris Turner PROS
• 406 Nate Minchey PROS
• 407 Lonnie Maclin PROS RC
• 408 Harold Baines
• 409 Brian Williams
• 410 Johnny Ruffin PROS
• 411 Julian Tavarez RC
• 412 Mark Hutton PROS
• 413 Carlos Delgado PROS
• 414 Chris Gomez PROS
• 415 Mike Hampton PROS
• 416 Alex Diaz PROS RC
• 417 Jeffrey Hammonds PROS
• 418 Jayhawk Owens PROS
• 419 J.R. Phillips PROS
• 420 Cory Bailey PROS RC
• 421 Denny Hocking
• 422 Jon Shave PROS
• 423 Damon Buford
• 424 Troy O'Leary
• 425 Tripp Cromer PROS
• 426 Albie Lopez
• 427 Tony Fernandez
• 428 Ozzie Guillen
• 429 Alan Trammell

Draft Picks

• 430 John Wasdin DP RC
• 431 Marc Valdes DP
• 432 Brian Anderson DP RC
• 433 Matt Brunson DP RC*
• 434 Wayne Gomes DP RC
• 435 Jay Powell DP RC
• 436 Kirk Presley DP RC*
• 437 Jon Ratliff DP RC
• 438 Derrek Lee DP RC

• 439 Tom Pagnozzi
• 440 Kent Mercker
• 441 Phil Leftwich RC
• 442 Jamie Moyer
• 443 John Flaherty
• 444 Mark Wohlers
• 445 Jose Bautista
• 446 Andres Galarraga "NL Batting Champion"
• 447 Mark Lemke
• 448 Tim Wakefield
• 449 Pat Listach
• 450 Rickey Henderson
• 451 Mike Gallego
• 452 Bob Tewksbury
• 453 Kirk Gibson
• 454 Pedro Astacio
• 455 Mike Lansing
• 456 Sean Berry
• 457 Bob Walk
• 458 Chili Davis
• 459 Ed Sprague
• 460 Kevin Stocker
• 461 Mike Stanton
• 462 Tim Raines
• 463 Mike Bordick
• 464 David Wells
• 465 Tim Laker
• 466 Cory Snyder
• 467 Alex Cole
• 468 Pete Incaviglia
• 469 Roger Pavlik
• 470 Greg W. Harris
• 471 Xavier Hernandez
• 472 Erik Hanson
• 473 Jesse Orosco
• 474 Greg Colbrunn
• 475 Harold Reynolds
• 476 Greg A. Harris
• 477 Pat Borders
• 478 Melvin Nieves
• 479 Mariano Duncan
• 480 Greg Hibbard
• 481 Tim Pugh
• 482 Bobby Ayala
• 483 Sid Fernandez
• 484 Tim Wallach
• 485 Randy Milligan
• 486 Walt Weiss
• 487 Matt Walbeck
• 488 Mike Macfarlane
• 489 Jerry Browne
• 490 Chris Sabo
• 491 Tim Belcher
• 492 Spike Owen
• 493 Rafael Palmeiro
• 494 Brian Harper
• 495 Eddie Murray
• 496 Ellis Burks
• 497 Karl Rhodes
• 498 Otis Nixon
• 499 Lee Smith
• 500 Bip Roberts
• 501 Pedro Martinez
• 502 Brian Hunter
• 503 Tyler Green
• 504 Bruce Hurst
• 505 Alex Gonzalez PROS
• 506 Mark Portugal
• 507 Bob Ojeda
• 508 Dave Henderson
• 509 Bo Jackson
• 510 Bret Boone
• 511 Mark Eichhorn
• 512 Luis Polonia
• 513 Will Clark
• 514 Dave Valle
• 515 Dan Wilson
• 516 Dennis Martinez
• 517 Jim Leyritz
• 518 Howard Johnson
• 519 Jody Reed
• 520 Julio Franco
• 521 Jeff Reardon
• 522 Willie Greene
• 523 Shawon Dunston
• 524 Keith Mitchell
• 525 Rick Helling PROS
• 526 Mark Kiefer PROS
• 527 Chan Ho Park RC
• 528 Tony Longmire PROS
• 529 Rich Becker PROS
• 530 Tim Hyers PROS RC
• 531 Darrin Jackson
• 532 Jack Morris
• 533 Rick White PROS RC
• 534 Mike Kelly PROS
• 535 James Mouton PROS
• 536 Steve Trachsel PROS
• 537 Tony Eusebio PROS
• 538 Kelly Stinnett RC
• 539 Paul Spoljaric PROS
• 540 Darren Dreifort PROS

Parallels

Museum Collection

All 540 cards in the base set were available as a Museum Collection parallel that debuted the use of Pinnacle's exclusive Dufex technology for the first time in its flagship brand. This parallel - along with the Artist's Proof parallel - were featured in every issue of Pinnacle flagship until its bankruptcy in 1998.

Only 6500 copies of each card were produced (which was consider a lower print run at the time), although none are serial-numbered.

Five Series Two Museum Collection cards packed out as redemptions -- which, ironically, had Dufex fronts. Each redemption card expired December 31st, 1994.

• 279 Robb Nen
• 313 Stan Javier
• 328 Craig Paquette
• 382 Kirk Rueter
• 387 Geronimo Berroa

Artist's Proof

All 540 cards in the base set were also available in an Artist's Proof parallel that featured a gold foil stamp of the Artist's Proof logo above the player's nameplate graphic. Although not serial numbered, only 1000 copies of each card were made.

Inserts

Rookie Team Pinnacle

This 9-card set highlighted some of the top young stars at each position, from each League, on cards featuring the illustrative painting work by sports artists Chris Greco and Ron DeFelice. The American League player was on the front and his National League counterpart was on the back. This set was exclusive to Series One packs.

• 1 Carlos Delgado / Javy Lopez
• 2 Bob Hamelin / J.R. Phillips
• 3 Jon Shave / Keith Kessinger
• 4 Butch Huskey / Luis Ortiz
• 5 Chipper Jones / Kurt Abbott
• 6 Manny Ramirez / Rondell White
• 7 Jeffrey Hammonds / Cliff Floyd
• 8 Marc Newfield / Nigel Wilson
• 9 Mark Hutton / Salomon Torres

Team Pinnacle

This 9-card set again featured the artwork of Chris Greco, highlighting some of the best stars in the game from each position, in each League. This set was exclusive to Series Two packs.

• 1 Frank Thomas / Jeff Bagwell
• 2 Robby Thompson / Carlos Baerga
• 3 Matt Williams / Dean Palmer
• 4 Cal Ripken, Jr. / Jay Bell
• 5 Mike Piazza / Ivan Rodriguez
• 6 Ken Griffey, Jr. / Lenny Dykstra
• 7 Juan Gonzalez / Barry Bonds
• 8 David Justice / Tim Salmon
• 9 Greg Maddux / Jack McDowell

Super Rookie

This single-card set featured a multi-colored foilboard card of Carlos Delgado was inserted as a "case hit" in Series Two packs.

• SR1 Carlos Delgado

Tribute

This 18-card set remembered significant player achievements on a borderless card design featuring a team-colored and black vertical/horizontal bars with a gold-foil 'Tribute' stamp. This insert was exclusive to Hobby packs with the cards TR1-TR9 in Series One and cards TR10-TR18 in Series Two.

• TR1 Paul Molitor
• TR2 Jim Abbott
• TR3 Dave Winfield
• TR4 Bo Jackson
• TR5 Dave Justice
• TR6 Lenny Dykstra
• TR7 Mike Piazza
• TR8 Barry Bonds
• TR9 Randy Johnson
• TR10 Ozzie Smith
• TR11 Mark Whiten
• TR12 Greg Maddux
• TR13 Cal Ripken, Jr.
• TR14 Frank Thomas
• TR15 Juan Gonzalez
• TR16 Roberto Alomar
• TR17 Ken Griffey, Jr.
• TR18 Lee Smith

Run Creators

This 44-card set highlighted some of the best offensive players in the game on a team-colored background featuring a gold foil name plate along one side of the card front. These cards were exclusive to SuperPacks with cards RC1-RC22 (American League players) in Series One and cards RC23-RC44 (National League players) in Series Two.

• RC1 John Olerud
• RC2 Frank Thomas
• RC3 Ken Griffey, Jr.
• RC4 Paul Molitor
• RC5 Rafael Palmeiro
• RC6 Roberto Alomar
• RC7 Juan Gonzalez
• RC8 Albert Belle
• RC9 Travis Fryman
• RC10 Rickey Henderson
• RC11 Tony Phillips
• RC12 Mo Vaughn
• RC13 Tim Salmon
• RC14 Kenny Lofton
• RC15 Carlos Baerga
• RC16 Greg Vaughn
• RC17 Jay Buhner
• RC18 Chris Hoiles
• RC19 Mickey Tettleton
• RC20 Kirby Puckett
• RC21 Danny Tartabull
• RC22 Devon White
• RC23 Barry Bonds
• RC24 Lenny Dykstra
• RC25 John Kruk
• RC26 Fred McGriff
• RC27 Gregg Jefferies
• RC28 Mike Piazza
• RC29 Jeff Blauser
• RC30 Andres Galarraga
• RC31 Darren Daulton
• RC32 Dave Justice
• RC33 Craig Biggio
• RC34 Mark Grace
• RC35 Tony Gwynn
• RC36 Jeff Bagwell
• RC37 Jay Bell
• RC38 Marquis Grissom
• RC39 Matt Williams
• RC40 Charlie Hayes
• RC41 Dante Bichette
• RC42 Bernard Gilkey
• RC43 Brett Butler
• RC44 Rick Wilkins